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Expecting the Worst: Moderating Effects of Social Cynicism on the Relationships Between Relationship Conflict and Negative Affective Reactions

Journal of business and psychology, 2011-09, Vol.26 (3), p.339-345 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC ;Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 ;Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 ;ISSN: 0889-3268 ;EISSN: 1573-353X ;DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9192-3

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Title:
Expecting the Worst: Moderating Effects of Social Cynicism on the Relationships Between Relationship Conflict and Negative Affective Reactions
Author: Li, Fuli ; Zhou, Fan ; Leung, Kwok
Subjects: Absenteeism ; Applied psychology ; Attachment behavior ; Behavioral Science and Psychology ; Business and Management ; Collaboration ; Community and Environmental Psychology ; Conflict management ; Conflicts ; Cynicism ; Employee turnover ; Industrial and Organizational Psychology ; Job satisfaction ; Management science ; Personality ; Personality and Social Psychology ; Personality traits ; Psychology ; Self esteem ; Social institutions ; Social interaction ; Social psychology ; Social Sciences ; Society ; Studies ; Work life balance
Is Part Of: Journal of business and psychology, 2011-09, Vol.26 (3), p.339-345
Description: Purpose Social cynicism, defined as negative beliefs about people and social institutions, shows negative impact on people's affective reactions. We extended this line of work by testing the moderating effects of social cynicism on the relationships between relationship conflict and its affective consequences. Design/Methodology/Approach The data were collected using a computer-assisted random telephone survey method (N = 572). Findings As expected, social cynicism and relationship conflict were related negatively to job satisfaction and life satisfaction, but positively to intention to quit. More importantly, the negative relationships between relationship conflict and job satisfaction and life satisfaction, and the positive relationship between relationship conflict and intention to quit were not significant when social cynicism was high. Implications Our findings suggest that social cynicism is like a two-edged sword. Social cynicism is not only correlated with a range of negative attitudes and reactions, but also able to cushion people from the negative effects of relationship conflict on affective reactions. Originality/Value This study is among the first to examine the moderating role of social cynicism. Interestingly, social cynicism played a mitigating role on the relationships between relationship conflict and negative affective reactions.
Publisher: Boston: Springer Science + Business Media, Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0889-3268
EISSN: 1573-353X
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9192-3
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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Expecting the Worst: Moderating Effects of Social Cynicism on the Relationships Between Relationship Conflict and Negative Affective Reactions

2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC ;Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 ;Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 ;ISSN: 0889-3268 ;EISSN: 1573-353X ;DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9192-3

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